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About her

Intelligent, impulsive and ludicrously earnest. I have an even temper and tendency to be cheerful, despite a decent understanding of just how messed up the world can be. Ultimately, I'm looking for lifelong love, but conversation and adventure is a good start.

I'm curious about almost everything. I want to learn to dive this winter, but I can also amuse myself by wandering the aisles of Rite Aid.

My job is great fun. Most of my time is spending playing with ideas and helping smart young people pick a path through the forest.

I travel frequently, both for fun and for work. Last year I went to Mexico, Berlin, Chile, Berlin, Australia (Sydney and the Great Barrier Reef), Berlin, and then Berlin again. When I'm home I bike, hang out with my kids, read, see plays, cook and write dating profiles.

I'm a scientist, so I aim for truth in my beliefs rather than comfort or social synchrony. My ethics are grounded in the assumption that all human consciousness is valuable, and equally valuable. My politics follow. It can be tricky to balance the commitment to rationality and truth with the commitment to full acceptance of others, on their own terms. Meditation helps and age.

Some folks think I'm stubborn because I don't quickly change my mind to match theirs. I thrive on data, logical argumentation, and attempts to expand the hypothesis space and embrace uncertainty. I try to balance this with the awareness that others may need solace, respect or appreciation, even more than they need the truth.

I have two boys, 9 and 19, who stretch me in different ways. For the younger one, I learned to shoot baskets and throw a baseball. The older one just wants me to stay up all night talking about politics, nihilism and Norwegian Black Metal (it's like living in a freshman dorm). Sometimes I over do things: there were 3000 lights on my Christmas tree last year but the blaze was worth every minute that it took to put them up.

About her ideal match

I'm looking for someone to share crazy ideas with, someone who has some stories to tell but plans on having even better ones next year, someone who could bring me down to earth if the tree gets out of hand again. Someone who cares deeply about both truth and kindness. Someone who understands that there is no such thing as soulmates (or a great sorter of souls) but also realizes that falling in love isn't irrational (it's the wild and willful embrace of an evolved capacity for care). We are mammals, just with minds.